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18 February, 2020

18th February, 2021
 
Alerts from the Indian Trade Portal – www.indiantradeportal.in on Tariff/Preferential Tariff/ SPS and TBT measures/GST/Export incentives/Export-Import Policy Conditions etc. during the period: 12th – 18th February, 2021 are given under. Please click on a notification for the details.

Policy & Customs
 
1.      India - Amended notification No. 11/2021-Customs dated 01.02.2021 so to exempt Gold & Silver (and their dore) imported under export promotion schemes from Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC)
Notification Authority: Department of Revenue (Notification No. 18/2021-Customs)
Date: 17 February 2021
 
2.      India – Amended notification no 57/2000-Customs dated 08.05.2000 so as to align it with notification No. 50/2017-Custom dated 30.06.2017
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 17/2021 – Customs)
Date: 17 February 2021
 
3.      India - Extends board circular no 12/2018-Customs dated 29.05.2018 for sanction of pending IGST refund claims where the records have not been transmitted to ICEGATE due to GSTR-1 and GSTR- 3B mismatch
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (Circular No 4. /2021-Customs)
Date: 17 February 2021
 
4.      India – Publishes Levy of Fees (Customs Documents) Amendment Regulations, 2021
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (Notification No.17/2021- Customs (N.T.))
Date: 17 February 2021
 
5.      India – Publishes circular on IGST refunds on exports-extension in SB005 alternate mechanism
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (Circular No. 05 /2021-Customs)
Date: 17 February 2021
 
6.      India – Publishes instruction regarding streamlining of customs Post Clearance Audit (PCA) Work
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (Instruction no 2/2021- Customs)
Date: 17 February 2021
 
7.      India - Proposes to introduce four new online e-certificate modules from 22 Feb 2021: (A) I Card (as under ANF-2B) (B) Free Sale and Commerce Certificate (as under ANF-2H & 2I) (C) End User Certificate (as under ANF-2J) and (D)  Status Holder Certificate (as under ANF-3C)
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Trade Notice Trade Notice No. 41/2020-21)
Date: 15 February 2021
 
8.      India – Establishes Provision for verification of the exporters declaration (self certification basis) on the Rules of Origin under GSP Scheme: Para 2.104 (c) of Handbook of Procedures, 2015-2020 amended.
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Public notice 39/2015-20)
Date: 15 February 2021
 
9.      India - Publishes tariff value of edible oils, brass scrap, poppy seed, areca nut, gold & silver
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Notification No. 16/2021-CUSTOMS (N.T.))
Date: 15 February 2021
Product Coverage: Edible Oils, Brass Scrap, Poppy Seeds, Areca Nut, Gold and Silver
HS Code: 15111000, 15119010, 15119090, 1511100, 15119020, 15119090, 15071000, 740400, 12079100
 
10.    India – Publishes standard operating procedure for implementation of the provision of suspension of registrations under sub-rule (2A) of rule 21A of CGST Rules, 2017.
Notification Authority: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Circular No. 145/01/2021-GST)
Date: 11 February 2021

Trade Remedies
 
11.    India – Publishes circular on oral hearing of anti-circumvention investigation concerning imports of “Measuring Tape” originating in or exported from Singapore and Cambodia
Notification Authority: Director General of Trade Remedies
Date: 17 February 2021
Product Coverage: Measuring Tape
HS Code: 9017, 901780, 90178001, 901790
 
12.    India - Publishes circular on oral hearing in sunset review investigation concerning imports of “Normal Butanol” from European Union, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa and USA
Notification Authority: Director General of Trade Remedies
Date: 17 February 2021
Product Coverage: Normal Butanol
HS Code: 29051300
 
13.    India – Publishes revised list of registered interested parties for anti- dumping investigation concerning imports of “Plain Medium Density Fibre Board having thickness less than 6 MM” originating in or exported from Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand & Indonesia
Notification Authority: Director General of Trade Remedies
Date: 17 February 2021
Product Coverage: Plain Medium Density Fibre Board having thickness less than 6 MM
HS Code: 4411
 
14.    India - Initiates 4th sunset review investigation concerning imports of "Polytetrafluoroethylene" from Russia
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 15 February 2021
Product Coverage: Polytetrafluoroethylene
HS Code: 390461
 
15.    India - Revises list of interested parties for initiation of anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of “Acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber” originating in or exported from China, European Union, Japan and Russia
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 15 February 2021
Product Coverage: Acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber
HS Code: 40025900
 
16.    India – Publishes mid-term review to review the product scope of definitive countervailing duty/ anti-subsidy imposed on Welded Stainless-Steel Pipes and Tubes originating in or exported from China and Vietnam
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 15 February 2021
Product Coverage: Welded Stainless Steel Pipes and Tubes
HS Code: 73064000, 73066110, 73061100, 73062100
 
17.    India – Announces oral hearing in anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of " Natural Mica Pearl Industries Pigments excluding cosmetic grade " originating in or exported from China
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 15 February 2021
Product Coverage: Natural Mica Pearl Industries Pigments excluding cosmetic grade
HS Code: 320611
 
18.    Russia - Introduces a five-year anti-dumping duty on welded pipes from China. Duty rate will range from 14.62% to 17.28%, depending on the manufacturer
Notification Authority: Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission
Date: 15 February 2021
Product Coverage: welded pipes
HS Code: 7306402009 , 7306408001 , 7306408008 and 7306611009 
 
19.    India - Publishes format to submit responses on anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of Hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) component R-32 originating in or exported from China
Notification Authority: Directorate General of Trade Remedies
Date: 11 Feb 2021
Product Coverage: Hydrofluorocarbons (HFC)
HS Code: 290339

Animal and Animal Origin Products
 
20.    Australia – Publishes circular regarding permits to import cats and dogs to Australia
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture
Date: 15 February 2021
 
21.    Japan – Publishes Japanese agricultural standards for organic livestock
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan (MAFF)
Date: 15 February 2021
Product Coverage: organic livestock
 
22.    USA – Amended labeling requirements for mechanically tenderized beef products
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA
Date: 15 February 2021
 
23.    Brazil - Publishes guidance on import procedures for non-edible and edible animal products exempt from registration exported to Brazil
Notification Authority: Secretariat of Animal and Plant Health and Inspection (SDA)
Date: 11 Feb 2021
Product Coverage: Inedible and edible animal products
 
24.    Thailand - Publishes following standards
Notification Authority: Ministry of Public Health
Date: 11 Feb 2021
 
25.    Japan - Grading criteria for bull (beef cattle) and boar for breeding amended
Notification Authority: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
Date: 11 Feb 2021
Product Coverage: Bull (beef cattle) and boar for breeding;
HS Code: 0102, 0103
 
26.    Thailand – Imposes ban on importation of following products 
Live domestic pigs and wild pigs and their carcasses from Viet Nam , Poland and Korea, Republic of
Live poultry and poultry carcasses from Poland, Taiwan and China
Notification Authority: Department of Livestock Development (DLD)
Date: 11 Feb 2021
Product Coverage: live domestic pigs and wild pigs and their carcasses, live poultry and poultry carcasses
 
27.    Russia - Imposes temporary restriction on import of live poultry, poultry products and birds' eggs from Bulgaria and Hong Kong
Notification Authority: Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor)
Date: 11 Feb 2021
Product Coverage: live poultry, poultry products and birds' eggs

Plants & Plant Products
 
28.    Australia – Publishes updates to phytosanitary certificates for agricultural exports from Australia
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Date: 17 February 2021
Product Coverage: Dairy, honey, processed foods, seafood, eggs, wool, meat, plant, in-edible meat products (such as pet food), skins and hides, pharmaceuticals, live animal and reproductive material
 
29.    Brazil – Publishes amendments to the monographs for alpha-cypermethrin and chlorothalonil
Notification Authority: Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 17 February 2021
 
30.    Canada – Proposes maximum residue limit for dimethoate and propiconazole
Notification Authority: Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), Health Canada
Date: 15 February 2021
Product Coverage: Dimethoate, propiconazole
 
31.    USA - Establishes tolerances for residues of benzovindiflupyr, ethaboxam, streptomycin
Notification Authority: Environmental Protection Agency
Date: 15 February 2021
Product Coverage: Beet, sugar, dried pulp; Beet, sugar, leaves; Beet, sugar, roots; Blueberry, lowbush
 
32.    Chile - Establishes the official safety control system in the agrifood chain of fresh and frozen fruit products for export
Notification Authority: Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero (SAG)
Date: 15 February 2021
Product Coverage: Fruit products, fresh and frozen for export
 
33.    EU – Publishes maximum residue levels for carbon tetrachloride, chlorothalonil, chlorpropham, dimethoate, ethoprophos, fenamidone, methiocarb, omethoate, propiconazole and pymetrozine in or on certain products
Notification Authority: European Commission (Decision (EU) 2021/183)
Date: 15 February 2021
 
34.    EU - Publishes regulation regarding organic production and labelling of organic products with regard to organic production, labelling and control
Notification Authority: European Commission (Regulation (EU) 2021/181)
Date: 15 February 2021
 
35.    EU - Publishes decision to authorises products containing, consisting of or produced from certain genetically modified oilseed rapes
Notification Authority: European Commission (Decision (EU) 2021/183
Date: 15 February 2021
Product Coverage: oilseed rapes
 
36.    Kyrgyz Republic - Publishes amendment to Common quarantine phytosanitary requirements for quarantine products and quarantined objects
Notification Authority: Eurasian Economic Commission
Date: 15 February 2021
Product Coverage: Goods (products) subject to phytosanitary control
 
37.    Kyrgyz Republic - Includes mushroom spawn to the list of quarantined products with a high phytosanitary risk
Notification Authority: Eurasian Economic Commission
Date: 15 February 2021
Product Coverage: Live plants, including their roots, cuttings, slims and mushroom spawn
HS Code: 0602
 
38.    Japan – Proposes maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical
Notification Authority: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)
Date: 15 February 2021
 
39.    Indonesia – Proposes regulation to regulate the implementation of halal product assurance in Indonesia
Notification Authority: Halal Product Assurance Organizing Agency (BPJPH), Ministry of Religious Affairs
Date: 15 February 2021
Product Coverage: Food and beverages; traditional medicines and health supplements
 
40.    South Africa - Publishes regulations relating to the grading, packing, and marking of table olives intended for sale in the Republic of South Africa
Notification Authority: Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Date: 15 February 2021
Product Coverage: Table olives
 
41.    Canada – Proposes maximum residue limit for Flupyradifurone & difenoconazole
Notification Authority: Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA)
Date: 11 Feb 2021
Product Coverage: Pesticides

Processed Food
 
42.    India – Publishes clarification related to the exclusion of High Fat Sugar Salt (HFSS) foods from fortified processed food category 
Notification Authority: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Date: 17 February 2021
 
43.    Russia – Publishes amendment to technical regulation on safety of food products
Notification Authority: Eurasian Economic Commission
Date: 15 February 2021
Product Coverage: Food products
 
44.    Canada - Publishes list of permitted colouring agents to extend the use of spirulina extract to certain unstandardized food
Notification Authority: Health Canada
Date: 15 February 2021
Product Coverage: Spirulina extract
 
45.    Canada – Publishes list of permitted food enzymes to enable the use of β-amylase from Bacillus flexus AE-BAF in Various Foods
Notification Authority: Health Canada
Date: 15 February 2021
Product Coverage: β-amylase from Bacillus flexus AE-BAF
 
46.    Japan – Publishes standards and specifications for foods, food additives, etc. under the food sanitation act (revision of agricultural chemical residue standards, final rule)
Notification Authority: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)
Date: 15 February 2021
 
47.    Malawi - Publishes standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for toffee
Notification Authority: Malawi Bureau of Standards
Date: 15 February 2021
Product Coverage: toffee
 
48.    Mexico - Publishes standard PROY-NOM-173-SE-2020, Juices, coconut water, nectars, non-alcoholic beverages
Notification Authority: National Advisory Committee for Standardization of the Ministry of Economy
Date: 15 February 2021
Product Coverage: Juices, coconut water, nectars, non-alcoholic beverages with vegetables or fruits, coconut or coconut water, vegetables or vegetables, and flavored non-alcoholic beverages
 
49.    South Korea – Marking requirements for air-cleaning appliances amended
Notification Authority: Korean Agency for Technology and Standards
Date: 15 February 2021
Product Coverage: Air-cleaning appliance
 
50.    Canada - Publishes notice on amending list of permitted food enzymes to enable the use of xylanase from aspergillus acidus in specified flour and flour bakery products
Notification Authority: Health Canada
Date: 11 Feb 2021
Product Coverage: Xylanase from Aspergillus acidus

Chemicals & Textile
 
51.    Denmark – Publishes executive order on the labeling of footwear and textile products
Notification Authority: Danish Safety Technology Agency
Date: 17 February 2021
Products covered Carpets and other textile floor coverings
 
52.    Ukraine – Publishes amendments to the technical regulation for detergents
Notification Authority: Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine
Date: 15 February 2021
Product Coverage: detergents
 
53.    India – Publishes Ammonium Nitrate (Amendment) Rules 2021.
Notification Authority: Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
Date: 15 February 2021
 
54.    Brazil - Establishes technical requirements for the market authorization, notification, import, and quality control of radiopharmaceuticals
Notification Authority: National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology
Date: 15 February 2021
Product Coverage: Radiopharmaceuticals
 
55.    Ukraine - Publishes amendments to the law on medical products regarding a holder of the registration certificate
Notification Authority: Ministry of Health of Ukraine
Date: 15 February 2021
Product Coverage: Medical products
 
56.    Malaysia – Publishes circular on evaluation working procedures for good manufacturing practice Inspection Activities (APB) on overseas pharmaceutical manufacturers' premises
Notification Authority: Ministry of Health
Date: 15 February 2021

Electrical & Engineering Products
 
57.    India - BIS amends steel and automotive vehicles standards
Notification Authority: Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
Date: 11 February 2021
 
58.    Brazil – Publishes following technical regulation
Notification Authority: National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology
Date: 15 February 2021
 
59.    South Korea – Publishes enforcement rule of the electrical appliances and consumer products safety control act
Notification Authority: Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)
Date: 15 February 2021
Product Coverage: Thermal paper
 
60.    South Korea – Marking requirements for electrical heat pumps, air-conditioners and dehumidifiers amended
Notification Authority: Korean Agency for Technology and Standards
Date: 15 February 2021
Product Coverage: Electrical heat pumps, air-conditioners, and dehumidifiers
 
61.    South Korea – Publishes rules of the construction machinery management act
Notification Authority: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Decree No.00821)
Date: 15 February 2021
Product Coverage: construction machinery
 
62.    South Korea - Packaging requirements for appliances for heating liquids amended: 'Rubber packing is not considered a pressure safety device
Notification Authority: Korean Agency for Technology and Standards
Date: 15 February 2021
Product Coverage: Electric rice cooker
 
63.    USA - Energy labelling rule for portable air conditioners amended
Notification Authority: Department of Energy
Date: 15 February 2021
Product Coverage: portable air conditioners
 
64.    Mexico - Publishes standard for machinery and equipment used in work centers
Notification Authority: Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo
Date: 15 February 2021
Product Coverage: Machinery and equipment used in the workplace
 
65.    Brazil - Establishes the exemption of market authorization and emergency use authorization and the procedure for the import and monitoring of Covid-19 vaccines
Notification Authority: Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA)
Date: 15 February 2021
Product Coverage: Vaccines for human medicine
HS Code: 300220
 
66.    Indonesia - Publishes decree regarding mandatory implementation of the Indonesian national standard for crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules
Notification Authority: Minister of Energy
Date: 11 Feb 2021
Product Coverage: Crystalline silicon photovoltaic
 
67.    Indonesia - Publishes decree regarding mandatory implementation of Indonesian national standard for ampoules and vials made of glass for injection
Notification Authority: Directorate of Cement, Ceramic and Processing of Non-metal Material Industry
Date: 11 Feb 2021
Product Coverage: Ampoules Made of Glass for Injection
HS Code: 70101000, 70109040
 
68.    South Korea – Publishes notices regarding imports of radioactive isotopes such as tritium
Notification Authority: Department of Customs
Date: 11 Feb 2021
Product Coverage: tritium
 
69.    Sri Lanka – Publishes imports and exports control regulation to bring imported ceramic ware under credit terms
Notification Authority: Department of Customs
Date: 11 Feb 2021
Product Coverage: Ceramic ware
 
70.    Thailand - Publishes operation guideline of the hazardous substances by using electronic media to facilitate the entrepreneurs about the operation of the hazardous substance
Notification Authority: Department of Industrial Works (DIW), Ministry of Industry
Date: 11 Feb 2021
Product Coverage: Hazardous Substances

Regulatory Developments in India
 
71.    India - Issued a circular for the Guidelines for implementing the provisions of public procurement (Preference to make in India) Order, PPO, 2017 related to procurement of goods and services in medical device
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers
Date: 16 February 2021
 
72.    India - Issued the directions for renewal of license under the Bihar Saw Mills (Regulation) Act, 1990 and the Bihar Saw Mills (Regulation) Rules, 1993 till the issuance of Bihar wood Based Industries (Establishment and Regulations) Ordinance, 2020
Notification Authority: State Government of Bihar
Date: 15 February 2021
 
73.    India - Issued a notification for enabling the ease of doing business reforms to mandate online acceptance of integrated annual returns
Notification Authority: Labour and Employment Department of Andhra Pradesh
Date: 15 February 2021

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